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From: lou@vaxsc
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Subject: Re: Bodega Bay Info Inside!
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Date: 20 Feb 91 15:54:45 GMT
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In article  <1991Feb19.162231.388@convex.com> Steve Warren
(swarren@convex.com) writes:

>In article <21216@know.pws.bull.com> ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(Thomas Hill) writes:
>                                   [...]
>>                                BODEGA BAY
>>                                ----------
>>                    (CA-500 Modular Expansion Console)
>>                                   [...]
>>Q: How would a hardcard fit in the Bodega Bay?
>>A: Cards are mounted horizontally and therefore, we do not recommend that you
>>   mount your hard drive [place it on the card]. Instead, a separate internal
>>   hard drive bay has been provided.
>                                   [...]
>Interesting.>
>
>If the hardcard goes in horizontally then that means that the drive would
>be horizontal, which is the normal position for a harddrive.  I fail to see
>why that would be a problem for any harddrive, unless it had been formatted
>previously in a vertical orientation.
>
>Is there something different about the drives that come on hardcards that
>makes them unreliable when operated in a horizontal orientation?  If so then
>this is the first I have ever heard about it.
>
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>--Steve   ._||__      DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own.
>  Warren   v\ *|     ----------------------------------------------
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This is just conjecture, but after looking at a picture of this thing, it
appears there may not be enough support to sustain a hardcard.  In other words,
the card may drop far enough (due to the additional weight of a hard disk) 
to make contact with other cards below it, and possibly unseat itself from
its connectors.  I dont think horizontal vs vertical positioning of the
drive itself has anything to do with this.

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